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Voters Chime In On Super Committee

21 November 2011

It’s all about the Super Committee today. Over on Facebook, Joanne Bamberger (a/k/a Pundit Mom) asked voters a simple question: Please finish this sentence — If I had been on the Super Committee I would have … ??? She turned the responses into a post for her blog: check it out.

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Fix the Tax Code Friday: Excise Taxes

5 November 2010

I have to say that I remain fascinated by the vote in Washington state that would have transferred a majority of the tax burden onto the upper wage earners (those earning more than $200,000 as individuals and $400,000 as married couples). Despite the fact that most Washington taxpayers would be financially better off under the [...]

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Bill Gates Loses on Election Night

3 November 2010

There’s rich and then there’s Bill Gates rich. And apparently, the two don’t see eye to eye. At last night’s election, Washington voters soundly rejected a plan to introduce a state income tax aimed at upper income taxpayers to pay for education and health initiatives. The Microsoft billionaire publicly endorsed the measure, known as Initiative [...]

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Beer Today, Taxed Tomorrow

6 April 2010

When legislators across the country took steps to increase the tax on soda, many taxpayers shrugged their shoulders. After all, it’s just soda. But now, now lawmakers are getting serious. They’re talking about increasing the tax on beer. (I know.) And not just anywhere: the increase is planned for one of the microbrew capitals of [...]

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Ten States Looking to Raise Taxes: Do You Live in One?

10 April 2009

With revenues plummeting and federal aid in short supply, many states are scrambling to fill holes in their budgets. The easiest way to do it? Raise taxes. At least ten states are considering major increases in the near future. They are: Arizona Connecticut Delaware Illinois Massachusetts Minnesota New Jersey Oregon Washington Wisconsin Two states have [...]

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Do You Owe Uncle Sam for Reading This?

21 September 2007

Not right now. But there’s a chance that you might in the future: the moratorium on an internet tax expires November 1. The moratorium is sometimes referred to as the Internet Tax Freedom Act, or ITFA. ITFA has been extended twice since 1998. It bans taxes on certain internet transactions at the federal level, but [...]

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